Hy`per*bo"re*an (?), a. [L. hyperboreus, Gr. ; over, beyond + . See Boreas.]
1. Greek Myth.
Of or pertaining to the region beyond the North wind, or to its inhabitants.
2.
Northern; belonging to, or inhabiting, a region in very far north; most northern; hence, very cold; fright, as, a hyperborean coast or atmosphere.
The hyperborean or frozen sea.
C. Butler (1633).
© Webster 1913.
Hy`per*bo"re*an, n.
1. Greek Myth.
One of the people who lived beyond the North wind, in a land of perpetual sunshine.
2.
An inhabitant of the most northern regions.
© Webster 1913.